Why doesn't somebody release the Modettes?

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Overdue for a CD re-issue, I'd say.

One album, The Story So Far, and a handful of singles. Surely, it can't be that difficult to get the rights to their catelogue. Or is it?

― Jeff K (jeff k), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

ask Kill Rock Stars about how long its taken them to reissue the Delta 5 stuff. the only thing thats keeping them from releasing the material is the signature of a Lady Wilma over at the BBC.or merge records, who have been promising the Dinosaur Jr reissues for a few years now and are finally releasing them.

honestly, it depends. it could be the band holding out, or some trickiness involved with reiussing material thats licensed in a different country, a label losing master tapes, etc etc. the list goes on.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

I forgot all about that supposed Delta 5 release. Wasn't it supposed to come out last year on KRS?

― Jeff K (jeff k), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

it is really, really hard to source the rights to the modettes. believe me!

― stirmonster, Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

What a shame, really.

Yet White Mice has popped up on a couple of compilations, the recent How to Kill the DJ pt.2 and Totally Wired.

― Jeff K (jeff k), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

i found the paint it black single at the princeton record exchange a couple months back, for 3$. i was kind of shocked and didnt expect it in the bin of cut-out 7" records. im totally bringing it out tonight for this thing i have to dj.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

It's been ages since I heard the Paint It Black cover but it's quite a gem!

― Jeff K (jeff k), Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

it was put on the 'kill the dj' cd with a bit of blurb asking the artists to get in touch. this is quite common on comps but wouldn't be legally upstanding for a comprehensive reissue.

― stirmonster, Saturday, 5 February 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

babyalive to thread!

― Ian Riese-Moraine (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 5 February 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

white mice was on rough trade, no? probably a bit easier to deal with than Universal..

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Sunday, 6 February 2005 02:24 (twenty years ago)

three years pass...

i posted this to the other thread too, but anyway

http://soundsxp.com/artman2/publish/news/The_Mo-dettes_album_reissued_at_last.shtml

looks like cherry red are doing a very decent job indeed of plundering the decca vaults

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Wednesday, 29 October 2008 12:20 (sixteen years ago)

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